Who is the Best Bocce Player in Syracuse? 1 on 1 Tournament!

July 30, 2019 by

Our first 1 on 1 tournament using the group stage format, yielded perhaps the best and most tightly contested 1 on 1 tournament ever!

Part of the reason for the high quality of play was that it ended in 4 hours, compared to our longest 1 on 1 tournament which lasted over 9 hours with roughly the same number of competitors.

 

As most 1 on 1 tournaments are, it was a hot day in the sun with no clouds or shade to speak of.  Thank got everybody got free delicious Young Lion beer to drink while they played!

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Triple Crown Standings

September 17, 2018 by

Before the Italian Fest bocce tournament started I said on Facebook “Last year we won 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th place. Lets add 4th to the collection!” In retrospect I should have clarified. I wanted us to win 1st, 2nd, 3rd, AND 4th, and 5th too. Not just fourth … but just fourth is what we won. Congrats to Mike, Allison, Monica, and Tim for doing better than anybody else in the league, but lets face it, as a league we earned ourselves a big slice of failure cake.

After winning Italian Fest 8 years in a row, we have now failed to … Read More »

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1 on 1 Tournament!

June 28, 2018 by

The showdown occurs on Saturday July 14th at 11am at our normal field on Tipp Hill, and it will last several hours.

Would you like to be known worldwide as the best bocce player in Syracuse?

Want a crown, like this one?

Bryan Mullane receives his triple crown award with the opening scene of Blackball on in the background.

The only way to do it is to win this tournament!!! The 1 on 1 tournament is the first leg of the bocce Read More »

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